Patrick Dever

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Patrick Dever

| full_name =

| image = Xcountry Men's 8K 0783 (39631667414).jpg

| caption = Dever in 2018

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|9|5}}

| birth_place = Preston, Lancashire, England

| education = University of Tulsa

| country = United Kingdom

| sport = Long-distance running

| event = 5000 m, 10000 m

| collegeteam = Tulsa Golden Hurricane

| club = Puma Elite Running Team

| turnedpro = 2021

| coach = Alistair Cragg

}}

Patrick Dever (born 5 September 1996) is a British long-distance runner. He won the 2021 British Athletics Championships over 5000 metres and the NCAA Championships over 10,000 metres in 2021. He competed at the 2024 Olympic Games.

Collegiate career

Dever attended and competed for the University of Tulsa for two years while working on his master's degree in accounting. He left Tulsa as a two time All-American in both cross country and track and field. On June 9, 2021, Dever won the NCAA national championship 10,000m in a meet record of 27:41.87, narrowly edging out Conner Mantz, and Abdihamid Nur by less than a second.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Dever |url=https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/cross-country/roster/patrick-dever/9984 |access-date=March 22, 2023 |website=Tulsa Athletics}}

Professional career

On October 25, 2021, Dever announced via an Instagram post that he has signed a professional running contract with Puma.{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2021 |title=Patick Dever |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVeR4hOLxwA/ |access-date=March 22, 2023}} Dever trains with Puma Elite under coach Alistair Cragg.{{Cite web |title=Puma Elite Running Team |url=https://directathletics.com/teams/track/106660.html |access-date=March 22, 2023 |website=Direct Athletics}}

He ran a personal best in the 10,000 metres of 27:08.81 in San Juan Capistrano, California in March 2024 to move to second on the UK all-time list.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/interviews/patrick-dever-on-a-bittersweet-10000m-breakthrough-1039977074/|title= Patrick Dever on a “bittersweet” 10,000m breakthrough|first=Jasmine|last=Collett |date= Apr 3, 2024 |website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=20 April 2025}} After becoming the 2024 British champion (by finishing as the highest placed British athlete at the night of the 10,000 PB's), Dever was subsequently named in the Great Britain team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he failed to make it to the final of the 5000m.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cd1646n46zpo |title=Kerr & Johnson-Thompson head GB Olympics athletics squad |website=BBC Sport |access-date=6 July 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Patrick Dever {{!}} Team GB |url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/patrick-dever/1VXGfL84lPJu13RLK5IMxU |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=www.teamgb.com |language=en-gb}}

In January 2025, he moved to fourth on the UK half-marathon all-time list after his fifth place finish in Texas at the Houston half marathon in a time of 60:11.{{cite web|website=Athletics Weekly|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/patrick-dever-runs-6011-at-houston-half-marathon-1039996487/|accessdate=20 April 2025|title= Patrick Dever runs 60:11 at Houston Half Marathon|first= Tim |last=Adams |date= Jan 19, 2025}} He finished second overall at the Boston 5k road race in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 April 2025 in a time of 13:35.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/04/2025-boston-5k-baa-mile-casey-comber-repeats-in-mile-taylor-roes-strong-season-continues/|website=Lets Run|first=Jonathan|last=Gault|accessdate=20 April 2025|title= 2025 Boston 5K/BAA Mile: Casey Comber Repeats in Mile, Taylor Roe’s Strong Season Continues}}

Personal life

He is from Preston, Lancashire.{{cite web|url= https://www.lep.co.uk/news/the-lancashire-athletes-representing-team-gb-during-the-paris-2024-olympics-4724693#|website=lep.co.uk|title= The Lancashire athletes representing Team GB during the Paris 2024 Olympics|first=Sean|last= Gleaves|date= 31 Jul 2024}}

Results and personal records

Taken from World Athletics profile.{{Cite web |title=Patrick Dever |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14523465 |access-date=March 22, 2023 |website=World Athletics}}

Championship Results

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2016

|European Cross Country Championships

|Chia, Italy